- The
praetexta or
fabula praetexta was a
genre of
Latin tragedy introduced at Rome by
Gnaeus Naevius in the
third century BC. It
dealt with historical...
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puberty and
legal "coming of age", at
around 14-17
years of age. Toga
praetexta: a
white toga with a
broad purple stripe on its border, worn over a tunic...
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tragedy to
Roman national figures or incidents,
named after the Toga
praetexta worn by high officials. Of his
writings there survive only
fragments of...
- The
drapery became more
intricate and
structured over time. The toga
praetexta, with a
purple or purplish-red
stripe representing inviolability, was...
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Binomial name
Ormetica sypilus (Cramer, [1777])
Synonyms Sphinx sypilus Cramer, [1777]
Automolis saturata Walker, 1856
Eucyrta praetexta Felder, 1874...
- of moth in the
family Gelechiidae containing the
single species Darlia praetexta. It was
described by J. F.
Gates Clarke in 1950. It is only
found in Argentina...
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Maxillaria praetexta is a
species of
orchid endemic to
Venezuela (Carabobo).
Wikimedia Commons has
media related to
Maxillaria praetexta. v t e...
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Lemyra praetexta is a moth of the
family Erebidae. It was
described by
Karel Černý in 2011. It is
found on the Philippines,
where it has been recorded...
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Amoria praetexta,
common name the
pretext volute, is a
species of sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk in the
family Volutidae, the volutes. The length...
- priests, and citizen's
children were
entitled to a purple-bordered toga
praetexta.
Triumphal generals wore an all-purple, gold-embroidered toga picta, ****ociated...
